HEADLINES 9/16

 Musician Kid Rock is expected to take the stand in a civil trial stemming from a 2007 fight at an Atlanta area Waffle House restaurant. Kid Rock and five members of his entourage are being sued over the fight. He was in court Tuesday and Wednesday and is expected to testify Thursday. /AP

Pope Benedict XVI, beginning a controversial visit to Britain, acknowledged Thursday that the Catholic Church had failed to act decisively or quickly enough to deal with priests who rape and molest children. He said the church's top priority now was to help the victims heal. /AP

Bluesy crooner Michael Grimm is the winner of America's Got Talent. Grimm, 30, looked shocked when he heard his name announced. Then he bent to hug and earnestly console the runner-up, 10-year-old soprano sensation Jackie Evancho of Pittsburgh. /AP, NYP 80, USAT 1D

Reporters at the Deauville Film Festival in France were warned not to ask Annette Bening any questions about her family and specifically about Warren Beatty. /NYP 14

Kelsey Grammar scoped out a $5.95 million fifth-floor duplex condo at 200 11th Ave. /NYP 40

Nadine Alexie, a nanny whose credibility has come under attack by defense lawyers in the Anna Nicole Smith drug trial, testified Wednesday that a movie inspired her previous claim that she saw Howard K. Stern and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich inject the former Playboy model with the liquid. Nadine Alexie said she did see a spoon being taken into a bathroom with Smith but did not see any drugs being melted or injected by defendants. /AP

Selita Ebanks is Kanye West's new muse, but they deny they're dating. She stayed close to West during the weeks he guest edited XXL magazine's October issue.  /NYP 14

Dr. Conrad Murray's attorneys asked a federal judge Wednesday to dismiss the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson's father. They argued in a court filing that Joe Jackson's complaint should be dismissed because the Jackson family patriarch is not a beneficiary of the singer's estate. /AP

Heidi Klum told Modelenia Fashion Week TV she'd "sit on top of them" when asked how she may handle someone stealing her front-row seat. /NYP 16

Juliette Lewis got doused with drinks at Tuesday night's Yeah Yeah Yeahs show at Don Hill's. She threw her hands in the air and yelled "Wooo!" as she got soaked. /DN 9

Some VIPs, including Claire Danes and Kristin Cavallari did not have seat assignments at Zac Posen's Zspoke show. Insiders describe the show as unorganized.  /NYP 16

Mickey Rooney is celebrating his 90th birthday by returning to Feinstein's Loews Regency on Sunday and Monday to perform "Let's Put on a Show" with his wife of 30 years. Donald and Melania Trump, Regis Philbin, and Nathan Lane are expected to attend. /NYP 16

Bruce Springstein talked up his documentary in a Q&A session with Edward Norton in Toronto on Tuesday. /USAT 3D

Billie Mae Richards, the woman who voiced Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, died Friday. She was 88. /USAT 1D

Photos in the Post: Kelsey Grammer looking out the window of an apartment at 200 11th Ave. Hilary Swank at Pamella Roland's show at the Whitney.  Frida Pinto in GQ. Kim Kardashian waving to fans in Paris. Drew Barrymore in Harpar's Bazaar /NYP 40, 16, 15, 3

Photos in the Daily News: Kelley Osbourne and Kanye West at Jeremy Scott's show. Jennifer Hudson leaving ABC studios with son David. Natasha Bedingfield and Jamie-Lynn Sigler at Nanette Lepore. Stanly Tucci and Lili Taylor at Nanette Lepore. Alec Baldwin on the "30 Rock" set in Queens. /DN 8